Class: Tubothalamea  Subclass:   Order: Miliolida  Family: Peneroplidae

 

found in the  Torrecillas Lagoon

18,4403° N, 65,9789° W, waterdepth 1,2 m

   Caribbean Sea and Bahamas   Puerto Rico

Project: Modern Caribbean Sea

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is picked and photographed by Dieter Ketelsen
from a sample provided by Dr.

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse. 1838: 59-147, pls. 1-4.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1028361